Crupper-buckle.



N0. 680,544. Patllted Allg. I3, |90l.. J. T. PRICE.

CRUPPER BUCKLE.

(Apyucmon med nu. 29, 1901.)

(In Model.)

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J AMES TRANER PRICE, OF LINCOLN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNC. MCREYNOLDS, OF SAME PLACE.

CRUPPERBUCKLE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No1 680,544, dated August13, 1901.

Application filed March 29, 1901. Serial No. 53,545. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern.' l

Be it known that I, JAMES TRANER PRICE,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lincoln, in the countyof Logan and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedCrupper-Buckle, of which the following is a full, clear, andexactdescription.

The invention relates to crupper-buckles; and. its object is to providea newand improved crupper-buckle which is simple and durable inconstruction and arranged to work freely at any angle in which it may beplaced and to prevent catching of the hair of a horses tail.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed outinthe claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of referenceindicate correspending parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the iinprovement as applied. Fig. 2 isan enlarged sectional side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the improvement with parts separated. I

The improved crupperbuckle consists, essentially, of two parts A and B,of which the part A is permanently connected with a crupper O, and thepart B is adj ustably connected with the billet D of the crupper-strap,as is plainly shown in Figs. /l and 2. The part A of the crupper-buckleis provided with side bars A and a cross-bar A2 for permanentlyconnecting` the part A by means of a chape with the crupper C, as willbe readily understood by reference to Fig.y 2. The side bars A of thepartA are connected with each other at their front end by a hook-bar A3,and the upwardly-curved ends of the side bars A are connected with eachother by a top crossplate A4 to form a loop at the rear end of thebuckle part A. The billet part B of the buckle is provided at one endwith a hook B2, adapted to removably hook upon the hookbar A3, so as toform a hook connection between the partsA and B and allow said parts tostand at an angle to one another. The side bars B are connected witheach other at or near the middle by a top cross-plate B3, from whichdepends a stud B4, adapted to engage one of a series of apertures orholes in the billetstrap, (see Fig. 2,) and forward 55 of thiscross-plate B3 is arranged a bottom cross-plate B, secured to the sidebars B v and over which passes the billet D to reach under the plate B3and engage the stud B4 thereof and then extend over the swivel 6oconnection between the parts A and B and finally pass under thecross-plate A4, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the two parts have a hingeconnection with each other to give the desired free movement to thecrupper ends, and thereby prevent cramping of the animals tail. By theuse of the cross-plates B5, B3, and A4 the billet D is not only heldsecurely in place, but is ex- 7o tended over the connecting and swivelparts, so that the hair of the animals tail is prevented from beingcaught in any portion of the buckle. The billet D can be easily attachedto, removed from, or adjusted on the billet part of the buckle.

The buckle described can be manipulated with great ease. It can bereadily fastened or manipulated in the dark as well as in the daylight,even if the leather is stiff and hard 8o when frozen or rendered so fromother causes.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-e l. Acrupper-buckle, comprising a crupper part and a billet part, the crupperpart comprising side bars, a cross-bar for connection with the crupper,a hook-bar forward of the cross-bar, and a top cross-plate rearward ofthe cross-bar, said billet part comprising side 9o bars terminating atone end in a hook for engagement with said hook-bar, a top crossplatecarrying a stud for engagement with the billet, and a bottom cross plateover which passes the billet to said stud, as set forth.

2. A crupper-buckle, comprising a billet part and a crupper part, saidbillet part terminating in a hook, and said crupper part being providedwith a cross-bar upon which Ioo said crupper part is secured, andprovided also with a hook-bar for engaging the hook of the billet part,thus enabling said crupa hook B2 for engaging the D-shaped part per partto swing in directions independent A, substantially as described.

of the direction of its said cross-bar. In testimony Whereof'I havesigned my 3. A two-part crupper-buekle, comprising name to thisspecification in the presence of 5 the part A, provided with thepivotalerosstwo subscribing witnesses. bar A2 for permanent attachmenttothe erupper, in combination with the billet part B, 'JAMES TRANER PRHEcomprising the side bars B', a plate B3 eon- Witnesses: necting saidsidebars, a long stud B4 inte- PETER MURPHY,

1o gral with said plate B?, a cross-plate B5, and J. W. WEARL

